Faith and Christianity

INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Ron Francis

In my J.A Wylie - History of Protestantism reading group we have come to the chapter on Calvin's Institutes. In this post and the next I present two introductions to this work, since it is likely that like myself, my readers have never actually read the work. This first post has the Table of Contents… Continue reading INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

Proverbs 8 – Jesus Christ’s Cry….

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Ron Francis

My last post mentioned briefly about the short verse: John 11:35 Jesus wept. Here we see a different cry. John Gill opens the chapter this way: Proverbs 8:1 Doth not wisdom cry?.... Christ, who is the Wisdom of God; See Gill on Pro 1:20; and which clearly appears from his subsistence with the Father, his eternal… Continue reading Proverbs 8 – Jesus Christ’s Cry….

Devotional Readings, M'Cheyne Bible Reading Notes

John 11 – Martha and Jesus

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Ron Francis

Just reminded that Martha gave this wonder affirmation that she was a woman who listened to and understood this basic doctrine of Faith. No wonder Jesus loved her, and her brother and sister. Joh 11:21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. Joh 11:22 But I know, that… Continue reading John 11 – Martha and Jesus

Devotional Readings, M'Cheyne Bible Reading Notes

Exodus 32: Aaron and the People go astray….

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Ron Francis

Yesterday's combined post was too long, so I will go back to having separate posts. I've written about the Regulative Principle of Worship, and this is an excellent example. We see here Aaron and the people attempting to worship perhaps the true God, the God who brought them out of Egypt as we just read,… Continue reading Exodus 32: Aaron and the People go astray….